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Empowering Youth to be #WorldReady

Founded in 1956 by HRH The Prince Philip and Kurt Hahn, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award is an internationally recognized program for young people, building their skills to equip them for life and work. Project Imo is thrilled to be an official Award Center.

Introducing the Award USA

"There is more in you than you think"- Kurt Hahn

An Overview

For Youth & Families

For Youth & Families

#WorldReady

For Youth & Families

For Youth & Families

For Youth & Families

#WorldReady

For Orgs & Schools

For Youth & Families

Resources, Forms, & Research

#WorldReady

Resources, Forms, & Research

Resources, Forms, & Research

Resources, Forms, & Research

#WorldReady

Participant Portal

Resources, Forms, & Research

Participant Portal

#InfinitePotential
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The Award Overview

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award is the world's leading youth achievement award. 

The Award is a global framework for non-formal education and learning, which challenges young people to discover their potential and build their purpose, passion, and place in the world.


Project Imo is honored to be the first organization in Connecticut to offer the Award USA program. 

Project Imo staff provides mentorship, logistical resources, skilled instruction and facilitation, resource guidance, and financial support to young people seeking to realize their leadership potential by taking part in the Award USA program in southern New England. Project Imo's youth leadership and conservation programs, while not required to complete the Award, are a perfect place for Award Participants to develop and Project Imo works to provide scholarships for these programs.

What is the Award?

The Award is a program of activities. Each young person who takes part in the Award learns a skill, improves their physical fitness, volunteers in their community and experiences a team adventure in a new environment. Success in the Award is measured by regular participation over a fixed period of time while showing commitment and progress in each activity. All participants are supported by a network of adult mentors called Award Leaders.


Each award is fully personalized, youth led, and expertly mentored. The program focuses on real-world experiences that help the youth develop skills, build character, create community connections, and prepare themselves for the future as a global citizen in a local community. 

Guiding Principals of the Award

The Award is:

  • Individual
  • Non-competitive
  • Achievable
  • Voluntary
  • Developmental
  • Balanced
  • Progressive
  • Inspirational
  • Persistence
  • Enjoyable

The Award Framework

The Award is divided into three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold, which correlate with varying time commitments growing progressively longer from Bronze to Gold.  


Key Elements of the Program  

  • Age: Open to all between the ages of 14 and 24. 
  • Three Levels: Bronze (14 and older), Silver (15 and older), and Gold (16 and older, coming soon to Project Imo), each progressively more challenging. 
  • Four Sections: Skills, Physical Recreation, Voluntary Service,  & Adventurous Journey, and a Gold Residential Project (coming soon).
  • Impact: Achieving an Award recognizes individual goal setting and self-improvement through persistence and achievement.

The Award Sections

Skills

Physical Recreation

Physical Recreation

Participants can choose to improve on an existing skill or try something completely new, as they develop personal interests and enhance their practical and social skills. Examples of skills are nature & environmental skills, music, arts & crafts, communications skills, STEAM field studies, and more. 

Physical Recreation

Physical Recreation

Physical Recreation

Physical Recreation encourages healthy behavior and impacts the self-esteem, team skills, and confidence of participants. Physical recreation can include sports such as soccer, basketball baseball, football, hockey, golf; athletics such as running, triathlon, lifting; outdoor pursuits like watersports & hiking; martial arts, animal sports, and gymnastics.

Voluntary Service

Adventurous Journey

Adventurous Journey

The Award encourages young people to spend time volunteering in their community, which both benefits others and contributes to their own growth and well-being. Voluntary service can be visiting & supporting people in need, volunteering with a local charity, sports coaching, teaching & tutoring, helping with community projects, or engaging in conservation efforts.

Adventurous Journey

Adventurous Journey

Adventurous Journey

The Adventurous Journey sparks exploration and drives a sense of adventure, as small teams plan, train and undertake a journey through an unfamiliar environment. Project Imo hosts adventurous journeys such as exploring the natural world, hiking, camping, backpacking, canoeing, and more. Each adventure is completed by a cohort of Award Participants.

Outcomes and Impact

Outcomes for Young People

Outcomes for Young People

Outcomes for Young People

  • Confidence
  • Ability to manage feelings
  • Resilience & determination
  • Building relationships & leadership
  • Creativity & adaptability
  • Planning & problem-solving
  • Civic & intercultural competence
  • Personal & social well-being
  • Communication skills

Impact of the Award

Outcomes for Young People

Outcomes for Young People

  • Improved employability & earning potential
  • Improved physical health & fitness
  • Improved mental health & emotional well-being
  • Increased engagement with charitable & community causes
  • Improved environmental impact
  • Increased social & community cohesion
  • Reduced offending

For Youth & Families

Why the Award? Why Project Imo?

Youth Led Processes

Internationally Recognized

Youth Led Processes

In today's heavily programmed, adult-led systems, youth are often excluded from having voice in their own processes. The Award is YOUTH DIRECTED.

Expert Mentorship

Internationally Recognized

Youth Led Processes

Mentors are a critical part of healthy youth development. A caring, compassionate adult outside of the family unit can provide a diverse lens for experience and help guide a youth on successful journeys.

Internationally Recognized

Internationally Recognized

Internationally Recognized

The Duke of Edinburgh International Award is delivered in over 130 countries and was founded by HRH the Prince Philip and one of the world's leading experiential educators & youth program innovators, Kurt Hahn.

Highest Standards

Individualized Mentorship

Internationally Recognized

As a licensed Award Center, Project Imo holds itself to the highest standards of youth mentorship practice and youth safety.

Individualized Mentorship

Individualized Mentorship

Individualized Mentorship

Project Imo's trained Award Leaders provide 1-on-1 mentorship to Award Participants along their youth-led developmental journey.

Project Imo Excellence

Individualized Mentorship

Individualized Mentorship

The Team at Project Imo brings to your journey over a century of diverse experience in youth education, adventure programming, and community building.

Activity Section Ideas: Skills, Voluntary Service, and Physi

Explore Your Interests

Spring 2023 Award Registration & Prices

2023 Award Spring Registration Pricing (pdf)

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For Youth Groups, Community Orgs & Schools

Increase Your Impact

Whether you are a school, afterschool program, or a youth or community group,  you have a tremendous impact on the successful journey of the youth in your care. You also have so many responsibilities that sometimes offering 1-on-1, individualized mentorship can be a challenge to implement. Project Imo, through The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award USA Program can help. We work collaboratively the US national office (Award USA) to ensure that we are operating in compliance with licensing standards and to provide additional national and global programming opportunities for youth.

Partnering for Youth

Dedicated Award Coordinators

Dedicated Award Coordinators

Dedicated Award Coordinators

As an Award Center, Project Imo has highly trained Award Coordinators that understand how to successfully implement the Award for youth, their families, and the community. Your org will have a dedicated Award Coordinator to help your youth.

Customized Award Processes

Dedicated Award Coordinators

Dedicated Award Coordinators

As an individualized program, the Award provides each youth the chance to develop their own journey under the helpful mentorship of a trained Award Leader.  Each of your youth will have their own experience that will last a lifetime and create pathways to success.

Integrated Journeys

Dedicated Award Coordinators

Scaled Implementation

So much of what you offer is already setting your youth up for success. Adding in the Award framework of non-formal education will help your youth stand out. Our Award Leaders will help them understand and integrate their work with you into their journey.

Scaled Implementation

Scaled Implementation

Scaled Implementation

Project Imo will work to ensure your partnership with us eases your administrative burden while not adversely impacting your ability to provide your core services. Imo works to offset the cost of registration fees and Imo run programming for each youth. Your partnership provides our ability to support the administrative process that make delivering the Award at-scale possible.

Imo Handles It

Scaled Implementation

Imo Handles It

The last thing you need is another item on the 'to-do list'. We get that entirely. Non-formal  youth programming, mentoring, and adventurous journeys are what we do. 

Project Imo is committed to ensuring that your partnership and our delivery of the Award for your youth adds nothing but value to your organization and the youth you love.

How It Works

Scaled Implementation

Imo Handles It

It starts with you. You want to deliver amazing, individualized programs to help your youth have every opportunity.

  1. As the Award Center, we handle the Award logistics, and dedicate an Award Coordinator for you.
  2. We work together to establish a cohort structure for each year at The Bronze Award level. You decide how much financial support you offer to the process.
  3. You advertise this voluntary program to your community within the cohort parameters.
  4. We maintain regular communication about the delivery of the Award programmatically. 
  5. Your youth succeed.

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Resources, Forms, & Research

More Information

Award Brochure- Youth (pdf)

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Award Program Overview by Project Imo for Download (pdf)

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Award-USA-FAQ (pdf)

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Award-at-a-Glance (pdf)

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Award-in-Numbers_2020 (pdf)

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10-Guiding-Principles (pdf)

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Summary-of-Research-to-Date-into-the-Award_August-2019 (pdf)

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Ready-for-the-World_March-2019 (pdf)

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